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Ronald Reagan had carefully prepared for the moment, rewriting by hand several portions of the speech. An earlier draft read, "Surely historians will see [that the Soviets] are the focus of evil in the modern world." But speaking before the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Fla., Reagan made the speech tougher by removing the business about the historians. He also denounced calls for a nuclear freeze, saying that to agree to one would be to accede to "the aggressive impulses of an evil empire." His uncompromising rhetoric unsettled members of the Washington establishment, who warned that it would reheat...
...mail contained an Associated Press article describing outbreaks of fecal bacteria at beaches in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a popular destination for students on break...
...It’s quicker than you think it’s going to happen,” Woodfork said yesterday afternoon from the Red Sox spring training site in Fort Myers, Fla. “I’ve been lucky at a few points...
...both highly strategic (you've got to stay on speaking terms with Pakistan's General Pervez Musharraf) and tremendously detailed (you've got to make sure a quarter of a million troops have enough of everything, from tracer bullets to disposable razors). From a sprawling concrete headquarters in Tampa, Fla., that looks like a huge Wal-Mart without the big blue signs, Franks and a staff of 3,200 are running both the war in Afghanistan and the looming conflict in Iraq...
...million in annual revenue. And that doesn't include the countless knock-off jerseys with creative team names like the San Jose Bulls that fly off Third World shelves. The NBA is building an NBA City theme restaurant in the Dominican Republic (the other one is in Orlando, Fla.) and is thinking of opening freestanding NBA stores in Asia and Europe. Separate NBA boutiques exist in big department stores like El Corte Ingles in Spain. Nearly 15% of the league's $900 million in annual TV revenue (excluding local broadcasts) is now derived from its 148 television partners...